Pilgrims return from Haj to heightened Ebola screenings
Reuters
2014-10-13
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With an influx of passengers returning from Haj, Cairo International Airport is taking every precaution against Ebola.
One by one, the pilgrims pass -- their temperatures monitored by a dedicated medical team.
They're trying to stop the spread of the deadly virus that has killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa.
And doctors are making sure travelers are aware of their plan.
(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DOCTOR AMAL MOWAFY ABDEL HALIM, SAYING:
"We fill in the cards and doctors inspect all those on the plane. The second procedure is that after they land, the staff sent by the health ministry takes samples from the travelers here at the clinic."
The concern is that few of the pilgrims in Mecca were wearing face masks or surgical gloves during the annual pilgrimage.
As an extra precaution, the CEO of Egypt Airlines says, planes carrying people to and from Nigeria are separated from other travelers.
They're examined, and the planes are sterilized
One by one, the pilgrims pass -- their temperatures monitored by a dedicated medical team.
They're trying to stop the spread of the deadly virus that has killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa.
And doctors are making sure travelers are aware of their plan.
(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DOCTOR AMAL MOWAFY ABDEL HALIM, SAYING:
"We fill in the cards and doctors inspect all those on the plane. The second procedure is that after they land, the staff sent by the health ministry takes samples from the travelers here at the clinic."
The concern is that few of the pilgrims in Mecca were wearing face masks or surgical gloves during the annual pilgrimage.
As an extra precaution, the CEO of Egypt Airlines says, planes carrying people to and from Nigeria are separated from other travelers.
They're examined, and the planes are sterilized
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